Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-08-11
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
From Thursdays Daily.
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4 Huron expects l,OOO militia boys at the
encampment.
r. A. Bill and family are now occupy
ing the Spangenberg house on Fourth
avenue, having moved yesterday.
Sheriff Olson, of Grafton, arrived in the
city yesterday with another patient for
the asylum, an old gentlemen 50 years
old.
Ladies'! Ayers Hair Vigor IS a supe-
rior and economical hair dressing. 1t
has become an indispensable article for
/ the toilet.
Track laying begins on the Northern
Pacific LaMoure extension today. Geo.
Foley, Of Fargo, commences the work
with sixty men and teams.
Capt. Dan Yorkey, the popular and
able umpire of Grafton, has been sug-
gesred as official umpire for the James
town games, il his services can be, Sc
cured. r4 az,
VIM. Walton, until recently a resident
Of jamestown, has written G. Ell. Cowles
from Los Angeles, Cal, where he is now
located, He says it is hot, dry and disa-
greeable there,
The first pipe laid on the Bismarck
water works was lowered Tuesday. Thir-
ty-fve men are now at work ditching and
laying pipe and sixty-tive more are want
ed The contractors are advertising for
men and every laborer in the city is now
employed.
| Attorney General. Templeton joined
Governor Church here yesterday morning
and proceeded to Bismarck. The terri
| torial board of equalization, he states got
down to business yesterday. That board
is composed of the governor, the auditor,
the treasurer, and himself. They Will be
in session some days.
The Actiyes and Crescents, club COM
posed of picked players, crossed bats yes
terday afternoon on the Ft. Seward
grounds. The game was well played
throughout, and towards the close became
very interesting. The score resulted q
to Is in favor Of the Actives, who add
one more to their long list of victories.
Holders Of lottery tickets at Bismarck
are all excited over a report that $4,000
Of the capital prize had been drawn in
that city. It is estimated that over 400
tickets were purchased at that point for
the August drawing: If the report proves
true it will make $4,000 captured by
Bismarck tickets in the past few years.
Manager White Will make an important
experiment at the roller mills today. The
Gray Bros. have furnished quantity OF
crude oil from one of their wells in Ohio,
and the experiment is to determine
whether it can be successfully used as a
substitute for coal in running the ma
chinery. as is done in several places in
the east. # the experiment works sue
cessfullv its cheapness would recommend
it for general use.
George Reed has finally returned to
Bismarck TO square up his shortage.
What he did DO has of course brought
himcensJlre, but it must be regarded in Il
different light altogether when it is said
that there weresome 5000 in the safe
which he left, and over $4,000 in the
bank, all Of which he might have taken
not one cent OF which lie did take-a sort
of proof that when he discovered his
shortage he started at once to make it
good. Several Bismarckers say, had
George come to them they would have
helped him over. .,
J. II. Gill, the travelling representative
Of the Brush Electric Light company,
who died of heart disease at Aberdeen
last Sunday was greatly respected by all
who knew him. His funeral was attended
by large number Of travelling men who
raised 500 with which the body was en-
balmed. caslzet purchased and an ele-
CANT floral offering procured to accompa-
ny the remains to Omaha. Arrangements
were also made TO obtain richly en-
bossed memorial card, which will De pre-
sented TO the bereaved wife. Nj. Gill
took part in the recent gun club shoot
with Valley City and jamestown, shoot
ing with the former club.
PERSONAL.
L. S. Wadsworth was in the cityyester-
day.
f. L. Church and Samuel Kenpthorne,